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| | Chomsky is one of the most vocal critics of the [[United States]] foreign policy. Some of his criticisms are: | | Chomsky is one of the most vocal critics of the [[United States]] foreign policy. Some of his criticisms are: |
| | #The overthrow of democratic and secular leader [[Mohammed Mossadegh]] in Iran and replacement with the Shah, a brutal dictator in 1953 (Done by the US and the UK) | | #The overthrow of democratic and secular leader [[Mohammed Mossadegh]] in Iran and replacement with the Shah, a brutal dictator in 1953 (Done by the US and the UK) |
| − | #The overthrow of social democrat Jacobo Arbenz in Guatemala in 1954 | + | #The overthrow of social democrat Jacobo Arbenz in [[Guatemala]] in 1954 |
| | #The overthrow of democratic socialist Salvador Allende in Chile on 9/11 in 1973 | | #The overthrow of democratic socialist Salvador Allende in Chile on 9/11 in 1973 |
| − | #The Dirty War against the Sandinista government in Nicaragua in the 1980s | + | #The Dirty War against the Sandinista government in [[Nicaragua]] in the 1980s |
| − | #The backing of a brutal military dictatorship in El Salvador during the same time period | + | #The backing of a brutal military dictatorship in [[El Salvador]] during the same time period |
| | #Selling weapons to a terror-state ([[Iran]]) to fund another terrorist group (The Contras). (See [[Iran-Contra Affair]]) | | #Selling weapons to a terror-state ([[Iran]]) to fund another terrorist group (The Contras). (See [[Iran-Contra Affair]]) |
| − | #Selling weapons of mass destruction to Saddam Hussein during the Iran-Iraq war. | + | #Selling weapons of mass destruction to [[Saddam Hussein]] during the Iran-Iraq war. |
| | #Supporting the mujahideen which later became al Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan in the 1980s | | #Supporting the mujahideen which later became al Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan in the 1980s |
| | #Invading Iraq in 2003 against the ruling of the UN | | #Invading Iraq in 2003 against the ruling of the UN |
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| | (Source: Hegemony or Survival) | | (Source: Hegemony or Survival) |
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| − | However, it should be noted that Chomsky's books are riddled with factual inaccuracies <ref>http://www.paulbogdanor.com/100chomskylies.pdf</ref>. Despite this, all of the above are documented historical events. | + | However, it should be noted that Chomsky's books are riddled with factual inaccuracies <ref>http://www.paulbogdanor.com/100chomskylies.pdf</ref>. Some of Chomsky's claims have some elements of truth while others do not. |
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| | ==Linguistic Works== | | ==Linguistic Works== |